Alright gang, assuming we have some good looking limbs and some credible…foliage, we are now ready to combine set paths into a single overarching tree silhouette.…I've drawn in a few additional limbs just here and there, maybe ten limbs at most.…Most of which you'll find at the outskirts, down here at the bottom of the foliage.…Now we need to go ahead and combine all of these elements, foliage and…tree lines elements.…Notice, there is a ton of them,…by the way, if I twirl open the tree lines layers;…I have all kinds of paths that work here, which is fine by me.…

That'll work out just sensationally well.…But I need to take all of these tree lines and all of these foliage shapes as well.…Look at all these guys.…I need to combine them onto a single layer.…So, couple of ways to approach this.…One, by the way after I twirl close these layers, I need to unlock foliage.…Then, I would select both foliage and tree lines.…So click on one, and Shift+Click on the other, and go over to the Layers panel…fly-out menu, and I could choose Merge Selected.…

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5/28/2010

Illustrator is the gold-standard vector graphics program that is deep and complex. Fortunately, nobody knows the software like award-winning book and video author Deke McClelland. Join Deke as he explores such indispensable features as artboards, layers, line art, transformations, and the Pen tool. Gain expertise with real-world projects that makes sense. Exercise files accompany the course.

Topics include:

Creating great art using basic tools

Brushing and building organic artwork

Scaling and rotating path outlines

Creating and formatting text

Drawing articulated paths with the Pen tool

Combining paths with Pathfinder operations

Printing and exporting to the web

Skill Level Beginner

23h 12m

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Q: I was not able to locate my saved shortcuts and cannot locate the folder I created to place the preferences into. The Illustrator steps are clear and using the search function I should be able to find the folder, but it cannot be located. How can I find the shortcuts file on a Mac?

A: To search for the shortcuts file on a Mac, press Cmd+F. Then change
the option that says "Kind" in the top-left corner to System Files by choosing "Other" and selecting "System Files" from the menu.

Then change the next option to "Are Included." Search for "KYS." The search should find any files that were installed.

Q: The instructions for installing the dekeKeys don't work on my computer (which is running Mac OS X Lion). Is there an update to these?

A: The dekeKeys distributed with this course will still work for Lion. You just need to add them to a slightly different folder than in previous versions of OS X.

Open a new Finder window and choose Go > Go to Folder. Type the following file path exactly as written below. Copying and pasting may result in an error.

~/Library/Preferences/Adobe Illustrator CS5 Settings/en_US

Move and/or copy/paste the dekeKeys to this folder and follow the rest of the instructions as outlined in the video, "Installing the dekeKeys keyboard shortcuts."